Best wishes to you, Father who cannot be seen, but from whom we all come. You designer thought, you designer and architect, you generative womb of every creature. Best wishes Dad God, thank you infinitely.
Best wishes to you, Joseph, father... humanly "anomalous", of the Son of God and of Mary of Nazareth your wife. Anomalous because that Son is not generated from the intimacy of a man and a woman nor from the seed of a man. Best wishes from a special Son who humbly obeys you and accompanies you throughout your existence, because you are the humble supporter of his daily life and of his mission of salvation. Best wishes, Giuseppe, icon of many anomalous fathers for too many human, relational, physiological, scientific and legal reasons. Many fathers of the third millennium who receive greetings for the annual Father's Day find comfort in you.
Happy birthday dad Angelo, you, a bit like Giuseppe, accepted the child that your woman told you to carry while she was having a double relationship: with you and with another man and she couldn't understand who it could be. son. And you told me that, just for love of her and not to create scandal for your family, you would carry this secret with you for your whole life. Today the best wishes are the reward for your great sacrifice of love and your secret and, in that embrace, you hide the tears shed in secret.
Best wishes dad Roberto. They come from your 11 year old girl and your not even three year old boy. They are children of two different mothers. You are their only dad. In you and for you I am brother and sister. They fill your thoughts and are your love, since, because of them, you cannot think of a third relationship. You have impoverished yourself financially and can offer them very little. Now you can give very small gifts. You hid the iron and, when they come, in turns or together, the washing machine is always off and you don't hang out the clothes you've washed. You don't want to point out the lack of a female presence. You confided in me that you are only waiting for them, the work weighs on you, you are looking for an answer and a refuge in faith. You are written in their cells. So you too can enjoy a jolt of creative joy watching them grow. Today they recognize you dad: be happy.
Best wishes to you, dad... normal. Your children are your joy and you willingly make all your sacrifices. They study or work, you raised them in the relative serenity of today's society. You spoke to them during the stages of their growth and they return a sincere dialogue that gives you satisfaction. it's nice to share life plans for today and tomorrow with them. They are "good guys" - as you say - hoping that no one will spoil them for you and for this reason you are a vigilant father and give a good example of life and faith.
Best wishes to you dad R., my dear old friend, who asked me to baptize your first child who has been waiting for years. A few days before the celebration I came to visit your home and you confided in me that you had gone to a city in Europe to have this child. No, you didn't buy it. it's your blood and M.'s. But the fertilization followed scientific methods. Various attempts and finally… you're a dad. But then you open up to the priest friend and tell you that, together with the joy for the beautiful child, you carry in a corner the great sadness for your children who were not born in the various fertilization attempts and the embryos lost in thin air. Secret wishes also for all these creatures who are your life hidden in your mystery as a man. You make me think a lot...
Best wishes to you, dad Sandro, who suffers for a sick son and is always close to him. You had dreamed of something else for him and for you. Now you find yourself traveling between home and hospital. But you have developed a strong fatherhood: smile and give hope to that puppy who looks like you and for whom you tell me that you offer your very life to God so that he may live.
You move me and I understand that, as a priest, I must learn from you to be, too, a father willing to give his life (Jesus Good Shepherd). Best wishes because the eyes, the smile, the small progress, the positive news of an analysis or an ultrasound are enough for you and because, faced with the wall of pain, you have become a climber and "stay embraced", without running away.
Best wishes dad Franco. Your son, perhaps, won't tell you. he is busy with other business. He deals drugs and has already risked an overdose twice. You expect his return and his salvation. You would like the gift of a beautiful and normal life, working and starting a family and you've been waiting for years. I pray with you, because, listening to you, I understood that words are no longer needed. We need to set someone else in motion.
Best wishes to you, dad who doesn't stay at home. You emigrated to another woman. Your children are with your wife. They call you the father of someone else's children. You accept and move on. But they don't replace yours, the natural ones who will send you, perhaps, just a text message or, at most, a little gift. Will your life always be like this?
Best wishes to you dad Nello, who lost a son in a road accident. As a man you asked yourself a thousand whys and threw them towards the sky. But tonight you hope to dream of him to see him and hug him or you wait for a sign or you will kiss him on a photo, hoping that, at least from there, a word will come out: best wishes from heaven, dad.
Double greetings to you, double dad Ottavio, because you are a happy grandfather. Looking at your son father, you are proud of your nieces and nephews. This is the beauty of life, the realization of your family plan. Best wishes, happiness.
Giosy Cento
